What share of people in Nayarit are neither poor nor vulnerable?

In 2024, 34.3% of the people of Nayarit were neither poor nor vulnerable (16th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 37.6% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.6% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

What share of people in Nayarit have incomes below the poverty line?

28.1% of the people of Nayarit had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 41.7% in 2018, and 7.1% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Nayarit lack social security?

49.0% of the people of Nayarit lacked access to social security in 2024 (14th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 7.3 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Nayarit lack access to food?

12.9% of the people of Nayarit lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 20.4% in 2020. 15.4% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Nayarit, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 23.5% of the people of Nayarit were in multidimensional poverty, about 292,077 people (15th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.8 percentage points from 2022 and down 12.2 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

23.5%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Nayarit?

3.7% of the people of Nayarit lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 46,196 people (14th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 2.7 percentage points from 2022. Another 19.8% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Nayarit lack basic services?

In 2024, 9.8% of the people of Nayarit lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (14th highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 7.7% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Nayarit?

INEGI recorded 191 presumed homicides in Nayarit in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 15 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 16th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 189 (15 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Nayarit?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Nayarit was highest in 2017, at 39 per 100,000 (474 presumed homicides). It was 25 in 2012 and 15 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Nayarit?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 16,080 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Nayarit were victims of a crime in 2025 (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 17,128 in 2024. The rate was 15,734 for women and 16,439 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Nayarit?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 209,855 crimes in Nayarit in 2025, or 22,296 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 93.9% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (11th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Nayarit feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 56.1% of adults in Nayarit said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 46.8% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Nayarit compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Nayarit ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
15	Durango	27.9%
16	Yucatan	26.6%
17	Guanajuato	26.0%
18	Nayarit	23.5%
19	Tamaulipas	20.2%
20	Mexico City	19.7%
21	Jalisco	18.6%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Nayarit ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
11	Morelos	4.9%
12	Tlaxcala	4.4%
13	Durango	4.3%
14	Nayarit	3.7%
15	State of Mexico	3.7%
16	Yucatan	3.6%
17	Zacatecas	3.5%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Nayarit ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
15	San Luis Potosi	35.3%
16	Guanajuato	32.1%
17	Yucatan	32.0%
18	Nayarit	28.1%
19	Tamaulipas	26.9%
20	Mexico City	25.7%
21	Aguascalientes	24.8%

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People without social security (2024)

Nayarit ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
11	Zacatecas	52.9%
12	San Luis Potosi	51.2%
13	Campeche	51.2%
14	Nayarit	49.0%
15	State of Mexico	48.8%
16	Guanajuato	46.0%
17	Yucatan	42.3%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Nayarit ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
15	Sonora	14.2%
16	Veracruz	14.2%
17	Quintana Roo	13.1%
18	Nayarit	12.9%
19	Sinaloa	12.2%
20	San Luis Potosi	11.7%
21	Zacatecas	11.3%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Nayarit ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
14	Jalisco	16
15	Zacatecas	16
16	Puebla	15
17	Nayarit	15
18	State of Mexico	14
19	San Luis Potosi	13
20	Nuevo Leon	12

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Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE) (2025)

Nayarit ranks 29 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058
29	Nayarit	16,080
30	Zacatecas	15,733
31	Veracruz	14,171
32	Chiapas	13,462

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Nayarit ranks 26 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
23	Campeche	63.0%
24	Hidalgo	61.3%
25	Nuevo Leon	58.9%
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%
28	Baja California Sur	49.2%
29	Queretaro	44.6%

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Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Defunciones por homicidio, reporte de resultados 28/26 (3 August 2026): Tabla 1 and Tabla 2, presumed homicides and rate per 100,000 by state of registration, 2012-2025 (2025 preliminary); Tabla 4, population by state on 30 June 2020-2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2575008d23fb…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, I. Nivel de victimizacion y delincuencia: cuadros 1.1 (victims per 100,000 by state and sex, 2025) and 1.12 (crimes per 100,000 by state of occurrence, 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0a4b86a7fbf1…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, III. Denuncia del delito: cuadro 3.3, crimes by state and the share not reported or not investigated (cifra oculta), 2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d1d6efe5db3a…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, V. Percepcion sobre la seguridad publica: cuadros 5.13 (perceived safety in the state) and 5.21 (safety walking alone at night near home), February-April 2026, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 354f0437fa98…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Pobreza Multidimensional (PM) 2024: indicadores de pobreza segun entidad federativa, 2016-2024 (poverty, extreme poverty, vulnerability, social deprivations and income lines by state; CONEVAL methodology, ENIGH 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8ea643bcb158…)

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